N. Korea blasts Hatoyama for yielding to U.S. pressure on base issue
[Kyodo: Korea] North Korea criticized the government of Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on Monday for ""yielding to U.S. pressure"" over his decision to relocate a U.S. Marine base within Okinawa Prefecture. ""The Hatoyama administration has no independent political initiatives, yielded to U.S. pressure and decided to implement an existing relocation plan on Futenma almost as it is,"" the Rodong Sinmun, the newspaper of the Workers" Party of Korea, said in a commentary.
Posted by: Fred 2010-06-01 |